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Rye Bread Kvass

  5 litres of water
250 grams rye sourdough bread - toasted almost burned
 50 grams sultanas
 40 grams sugar
  2 tablespoons sourdough starter

Bring the water to boiling point.
Add the sultanas and toast to the very hot water.
Soak overnight, 8 to 12 hours.

Remove the bread and sultanas.
Add the sugar and sourdough starter to the flavoured water.
Allow the mix to ferment in a demijohn, lidded with a fermentation lock.
IMPORTANT: Wait for the fermentation to stop - no more bubbles.
Once bubbling stops, bottle the brew in crown top bottles.
Add half a teaspoon of priming sugar to each bottle before crown topping.
Don't bottle too early or the glass will likely explode!
Keep the bottles warm for a day or two, then refrigerate.
The kvass should be nicely carbonated by then.
Serve cold.

This might contain 0.5% to 1% alcohol.